This volume presents a synthesis of cognitive linguistic theory and research on first and second language acquistion, language processing, individual differences in linguistic kwledge, and on the role of multi-word chunks and low-level schemas in language production and comprehension. It highlights the tension between linguists' grammars , which are strongly influenced by principles such as ecomy and elegance, and speakers' grammars , which are often messy, less than fully general, and sometimes inconsistent, and argues that cognitive linguistics is an empirical science which combines study of real usage events and experiments which rigorously test specific hypotheses.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Brill
ISBN-10
9004336818
ISBN-13
9789004336810
eBay Product ID (ePID)
231455818
Product Key Features
Author
Ewa Dabrowska
Format
Laminated Cover, Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Linguistics
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Leiden
Series Part/Volume Number
12
Series Title
Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics
Author Biography
Ewa Dabrowska is Professor of Linguistics at Northumbria University and President of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association. Her research interests include cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, the mental status of rules, and individual differences in linguistic knowledge.
Date of Publication
18/05/2017
Country of Publication
Netherlands
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